Chapter 9

TAK

Am I dead?

My body felt sore, it hurt to move.

I slowly began to open my eyes. I saw the familiar sights of Irken tech. I was in a base, which certainty meant, I am not dead.

But that meant... That Zim saved me.

I slowly sat up, half way pealing off the black blanket that cover me.

My body felt different. I looked at myself, I had gotten quite taller, my chest had developed breast, and my body curve like most earth females, over the my chest and behind was cloth. It covered me up which made me feel a bit better.

I looked around, to my left I saw Zim, he was out cold from the looks of it he got hurt pretty bad, he was bigger than the last time I saw him.

"Zim? If your injured who..."

"He got hurt a the crash, he passed out after patching you up, as for his bandages, that would be complements of me and my sister. "

I turned around, to see a young man sitting by me.

"Who are..."

I didn't get to finish. He kissed me like he knew me. Then I felt it, the tingle.

Dib?

He pulled away slowly.

I looked at him, it was Dib, he was just a bit older, His hair had a similar hair cut to just a bit longer, his height was defiantly increased, his face had a gentle look to it, and for some reason he was shirtless. He spoke again,

" God, I thought you were dead."

His voice was raspy and seemed deeper,

"Well I am not...What happened?" I asked.

He told me everything that had happened between Zim seeing the video, to this very moment.

I took it all in it sent shivers down my spine.

I pulled up the blanket, only just now I realized it wasn't a blanket, It was Dib's trench coat.

I looked toward him and said, " You can have this back now."

He replied, "No, you can keep it, think of it as a welcome back gift."

I smiled toward him, no one had ever shown me such kindness, not even as small smeet.

His ember eyes pulled me in once more, I leaned in toward him, so that our lips could once again meet, but soon as we were about to kiss, Zim began to stir.

"Oh Irk, what the hell happened?"

Dib and I backed up with both out faces flushed with blush.

Once he composed himself, Dib walked over toward him and said,

"You tried hiding your injury until you almost bleed out.

Luckily, Gaz shares a the blood type you needed. You can thank her when she wake up."

Zim responded, "How long was I out?"

"About 3 days, but right now you need to rest, and plenty of fluids . So don't get any ideas"

Zim groaned, "Oh come on I can't do anything!"

"Zim, your body can't go on nothing. I can bring you something to do, but you can not get up, or will risk opening the wound. So, what do you want me to bring to you two?"

Zim was first to reply, "My sketchbook and pencils."

I look at Zim with a surprised look.

"You draw?" He smile with a smug look.

Then Dib looked toward me, I thought for a moment then said,

"Got a computer?"

He smiled and nodded, he walked toward to the elevator.

I sat up and look toward Zim and said,

"Okay, it's not that I'm not appreciative, because I am, why did you save me?"

Zim held up his arm, revealing a bracelet with thousands of beads and a silver charm.

"I save you because of them, all of them."

Then I remembered from Dib's story each bead represented an Irken that loss their lives.

I replied, "Thank you...Zim."

He looked at me with suprise. He never expected thanks from me, especially after what I did, but truly I was grateful. I was about to say something, but Dib came in with Gaz.

Zim looked toward Gaz and said,

"Thank you..."

He didn't get to finish, Gaz slapped his face, and said,

"The next time that your injured and you tell no one, I will personally send you to a personal nightmare world."

He held his face where she slapped him, he nodded.

Dib brought over the computer, but what intrigued me what the book held together by strings and pages sticking out,

"May I look?" I asked.

Zim nodded, and I untied the string. I lifted the cover revealing an absolutely beautiful drawing of some earth flowers. I skimmed though until, I came across a sketch that was incomplete. It looked rather beautiful, even though it wasn't finished, I asked,

"Who is this?"

I show Zim the picture of the woman planting flowers, her hair in a loose braid, there were three other figure sketched but, none as completed as the woman. Dib looked at Zim and said,

"Hey where did..." Gaz interrupted,

"I gave the picture. I asked him to draw this for Dad birthday."

She looked toward me,

"As for who it is, this is our mother."

Her smile slowly dissipated, as she told me, what happened to her.

No wonder she so dark, she was practically traumatized at such a young age. I can't believe I didn't see the resemblance, Gaz looks a lot like her.

Zim yelled out, "GIR!"

But he was no where in sight. Dib looked into the toolbox parked in front of the monitor.

"He not in here but there's a note."

He read it aloud,

"Dear Mastah, Mimi is broken, I took her to the fixing room, I left you all a present! Enjoy it! It smells real bad!"

GIR

Dib pulled out of the box a small dog with flies all around it. The smell was repulsive! Dib placed it back into the box.

"Wait, GIR has my Mimi!"

I tried to get up only to be stopped by the retching pain in my stomach. Dib sat me back on the table.

"I'll get Mimi you stay put."

Dib turned toward the door, and to all of our surprise there in the door way stood GIR and Mimi.

"Hi Mastah! I fixed Mimi!"

I looked at Mimi she seemed normal,

"Mimi! staus!" she responded,

"I'm fine."

I think we all dropped our jaws at the sound of Mimi talking like, well GIR.

"The virus got to her chip, she malfuntioning." Mimi ran up to me,

" I'm not malfuntioning, GIR had plugged me into the earth internet. I just picked up earth diolect and, I became senitant." She was quite unbelievable.

"Belive it or not, but GIR found this out and thats how he reactivated me."

We all kind of sat there not knowing what's going on but, finally Zim spoke up,

"Uhhhhhhhhhh, GIR?" the small robot looked toward his master and said,

"Yes sir?"

"I want to go and get some snacks."

The robot stuck out his tounge and said, "Okie Dokey!"

GIR grabbed Mimi's hand and ran to ,the elevator,

"Keep your hands off my pizza!"

Gaz ran after them, Dib shrugged his shoulders and ran after his sister.

I look at Zim, who had contenlty got back to he sketchbook.

I looked toward the computer, and got on looked at the current stocks for my fake fathers compony, The Delious Weenie Corperation, they raise increadibly in size almost 7.8 millon dollar in funds.

Looks like I won't need any money anytime soon.